Attorneys

Frank Accardo is a founding member of the firm. He has been engaged in trial and appellate product liability litigation for over 30 years. His primary practice responsibilities include serving as mana...

Ms. Baglio is a special partner in the firm whose practice is concentrated in toxic torts and environmental litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Baglio practiced toxic tort litigation, casualty,...

Mr. Brooks was born August 18, 1965 in Metairie, Louisiana. Stephen relocated to Mandeville, Louisiana in 1976. He attended Mandeville High School for a single year and then traveled to Lugano, Switze...

Francis X. deBlanc, III is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of complex mass litigation, and is concentrated in the areas of environmental and toxic tort liability, prod...

Douglas R. Elliot is a special partner with the firm and practices in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Toxic Tort & Environmental, Labor & Employment, and Product Liability Law. Before joining the ...

Ernest Foundas is a Special Partner of Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, LLC. Mr. Foundas graduated from Boston University with a B.S. degree in business administration and a concentration in finan...

Ted Haas is engaged in general admiralty and maritime trial and appellate practice concentrating in personal injury and wrongful death defense, oilfield contract negotiations, hull and machinery issue...

Clint R. Hanchey is an Associate with the firm. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1999 from Louisiana Tech University. He graduated and received his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law from Lo...

Jody Hart is a Special Partner with the firm. His has a broad practice in the areas of products liability, construction defect, and commercial litigation. He serves as National Coordinating Counsel ...

Katie E. Jordan is an Associate with the firm. She received her Bachelor of Science in 2013 from Texas A&M University. She graduated and received her Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law ...

Perrey Lee is a Special Partner with the firm whose practice is primarily focused on toxic tort and products liability litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Perrey practiced in the areas of personal ...

Ms. Malish is a Special Partner with the firm. Her practices focuses on litigating commercial disputes, including defending life, health and disability and ERISA claims, fidelity and commercial crime ...

Catherine is an Associate with the firm. Her practice involves both commercial and energy litigation. Her commercial litigation practice focuses on defending life, health and disability insurance an...

Daniel E. Oser is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of Environmental Litigation specializing in the defense of insurers and major corporations in toxic tort cases. Dan ...

David Stein joined Pugh Accardo as a Special Partner in 2017. He focuses his practice on a wide variety of areas including complex commercial litigation, toxic tort, and intellectual property. He is ...

Tommy is a native of New Orleans who obtained both his undergraduate and law school degrees from LSU. After graduating from law school, Tommy has practiced in the areas of maritime personal injury, c...

The founding member of the firm, Larry Pugh has been practicing law in New Orleans since 1986. A skilled trial lawyer, he has defended businesses and individuals in complex civil matters and class act...

As a member with the firm, Mr. Radecker is engaged in products liability, insurance defense, admiralty, maritime personal injury, workers’ compensation, class actions defense, and business litigatio...

McGready Richeson joined the firm in 2017 as a Special Partner primarily engaged in environmental litigation, toxic torts, products liability, and business litigation. A skilled litigator, McGready h...

Jackie is a native of New Orleans. She studied history at Loyola University in New Orleans and following graduation in 1994, magna cum laude, began working for the State of Louisiana in the Department...

Joseph L. Spilman, III is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of complex, class action, casualty and commercial litigation, and is concentrated in the areas of products l...

As an associate with the firm, Shelley has been engaged in civil and appellate litigation defending insurers and corporations in personal injury and environmental damage claims, with a specific focus ...

Richard Voelker has been primarily engaged in the defense of employers and carriers with regard to Louisiana State Workers Compensation claims. In that practice, he has appeared in all of the Louisia...

Ben Ward practices in the areas of insurance coverage and defense litigation. Mr. Ward has experience counseling insurer clients in first and third-party coverage disputes, with a particular emphasis...

Donna was born and raised in New Orleans. She graduated from Rhodes College, a small liberal arts school in Memphis, TN. While at Rhodes, she was a member of the college’s first Mock Trial Competiti...